Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds have announced the ‘Wait And Return EP’ – a special remix collection of tracks which will be released exclusively for Record Store Day 2019.

This is just one of hundreds of exciting new releases destined to arrive at independent vinyl stockists across the country on the official RSD day, on Saturday, April 13.

Now in its 12th year, even the artists get excited too!

Singer Noel Gallagher said:“ I love Record Store Day. It gives us, the artists, a chance to put music out there that otherwise might never see the light of day.

"I love the fact that the items are very limited edition and I do utter the phrase ‘I’ll save that for Record Store Day’ a LOT.”

Owner of Replay Records Scott Wardle will be opening the Freeman Street store early on Record Store Day in April (Image: Rick Byrne)

Record Store Day is the one day of the year when over 200 independent record shops all across the UK come together to celebrate their unique culture. A RSD participating store is defined as a physical retailer whose product line consists of at least 50 per cent music, whose company is not publicly owned. So not online retailers or large corporations.

Special vinyl releases are made exclusively for the day and these shops welcome vinyl faithful with open arms. We are lucky to have two stores to pick up the new releases, Replay Records in Grimsby and Off The Beaten Tracks in Louth.

The queue at 7.30am outside Off the Beaten Tracks in Louth for last year's Record Store Day (2018) (Image: Rick Aron)

Just down the A16 on Aswell Street in Louth, Mark Merrifield from Off the beaten tracks said: "We're just about to celebrate our 15th anniversary in the town and Record Store Day is always one of our biggest days of the year.

"We will be stocking as many of the limited edition vinyls as we can get our hands on. We will also have a full programme of musicians playing outside the shop on the day.

"Out of the hundreds of special releases for the day, so far customers are excited about the Bob Dylan unreleased Test Pressing, new Bastille EP, Aretha Franklin 60's singles box and a lost Wedding Present single release.

Some of the new releases

Noel Gallaghers High Flying Birds today announce the Wait And Return EP a special remix collection of tracks which will be released exclusively for Record Store Day 2019 on Saturday, April 13 (Image: Record Store Day)

Released as a limited edition 12” pressed on teal coloured vinyl with new sleeve artwork by Gareth Halliday, it will feature three new remixes of tracks taken from the No.1 album, ‘Who Built The Moon?’.

London-based French DJ/producer Nicolas Laugier, aka The Reflex, provides remixes of ‘She Taught Me How To Fly’ and ‘Keep On Reaching’, while British artist Richard Norris reworks ‘Black & White Sunshine’. The forthcoming release follows the huge success of last year’s 12” of ‘It’s A Beautiful World’, which was the biggest-selling vinyl single of 2018.

The full tracklisting for the Record Store Day exclusive vinyl is:

A1. ‘She Taught Me How To Fly’ (The Reflex Revision)

A2. ‘Keep On Reaching’ (The Reflex Revision)

B1. ‘Black & White Sunshine’ (Richard Norris Remix)

Celebrating the success of ' Bohemian Rhapsody' , this limited edition 2LP picture disc set includes original Queen and Smile recordings from the soundtrack of the movie. Created exclusively for RSD 2019, the package also includes the never before released set from Live Aid (Image: Record Store Day)

RSD doesn't take itself too seriously either because you can even pick up a Mickey Mouse disco album! A sought-after curio from 1979, Mickey Mouse Disco was Disney's belated attempt to cash in on the disco craze; mixing original songs with club versions of Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, Chim Chim Cher-ee and Macho Macho Duck - in the style of the Village People's hit Macho Macho Man.

And just when you thought you had escaped - Pinkfong are releasing a 7" Picture Disc of Baby Shark!

So whatever you're looking for there's a full A to Z of vinyl from Aretha Franklin to Zero 7.